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Lang , Andrew , 1844-1912 , anthropologist, classicist, and historian
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Andrew Lang was born in Selkirk, Scotland in 1844, and educated at the Edinburgh Academy, the Universities of St Andrews and Glasgow, and Balliol College, Oxford. From 1875 he lived chiefly in London working as a professional journalist, critic and independent scholar. He was a prolific writer and became eminent in several fields, including prehistory, early religion, mythology and folkore, and Scottish history; he was also a novelist and poet.
Publications include 'Coloured' Fairy Books (1889-1910), 12 volumes of fairy tales intended for children.